About Me

I am a 34-year-old writer based in Denver, Colorado. I've lived all over the U.S. from cities like Pittsburgh and San Francisco to small towns like Laramie, Wyoming. As a child, I grew up in Tokyo, Japan, and traveled throughout Asia before landing in Buffalo, NY for the rest of my K-12. My current adventures include exploring Denver's many trails and parks with my husband, writer Kevin Kelley, and my two dogs. 

I value sincerity and generally dislike small talk. I believe in my old-school Filofax planner, writing to music, and the Oxford comma.

In the past, I worked in higher education, museums, and libraries. To date, I have held over thirty different jobs from gas station night attendant to Assistant Director of Admissions at Carnegie Mellon University. 

Check out my creative writing publications, magazine portfolio, and listing in the Poets & Writer's directory.

I am currently looking for representation for my debut speculative novel, SYNC INTO BLUE (80,000 words). In it, an implanted streaming technology connects a deathly ill woman mandated to isolation to a gig worker who sold the rights to her eyesight to fund her escape from an abusive ex. After learning the true intentions of the cult-like implant startup, they must reject false comfort and fight to find each other in real life before the company’s power becomes impossible to resist. 

Feel free to contact me @ jackiesizemorewriter [at] gmail [dot] com

Education
Boise State University, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Fiction), May 2016

Carnegie Mellon University, B.A. Creative Writing and Social & Cultural History, May 2010.
Minor: Photography

Judging/Competition Reading
Scholastic Writing Awards, State of Idaho, 2017-2023
Categories: Flash Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Personal Essay, Humor, Short Story

Best of the Net 2019, Fiction Reader

International Literary Awards (by Salem College Center for Women Writers) Reader for Fiction Category, 2018

Boise State President’s Writing Awards, Fiction and Research Essay categories, 2014-2016

University Teaching Experience
Laramie County Community College (Albany Campus) in Laramie, WY
Adjunct English Instructor

Boise State University in Boise, ID.
Graduate TA English Instructor: First Year Writing, Intro to Fiction
Selected for Center for Teaching & Learning Summer Course Design Institute, 2014

Boise State University Writing Center in Boise, ID.
Graduate Assistant
Completed collaborative Institutional Training Initiative for IRB (Human Subjects), 2014. 

Editorial Experience
The Idaho Review Literary Journal at Boise State University in Boise, ID. Intern, Editorial staff. August 2013-December 2013, and January 2015-May 2015.

Carnegie Mellon University Press, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.
Reader, Assistant to Gerald Costanzo (Director of Press). August 2008-December 2009.

Past Professional Experience

Carnegie Mellon University Undergraduate Admissions in Pittsburgh, PA
Assistant Director of Admission, Special Populations Team, August 2010-May 2012
Lead coordinator Celebration of Diversity weekend, a fly-in program for high school seniors.
Read applications for undergraduate and transfer applicants, financial aid, info sessions.
Assisted in reaching record 14% underrepresented students for Class of 2015.